I just bought a new video card for my computer. I want to refurbish my old card for resale. I had bought some blue thermal pad material from eBay that I use on laptop video chips but for my old video card I want to make sure I use pads that will conduct heat transfer very well without breaking the bank.
My old card is a reference EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW. It has 4 gigs of ram and only one fan. I disassembled the card and the thermal pads they use are gray. This is the first time I've seen gray pads. I started looking around and saw there are different strengths. I've seen pads with 5.0W/mK, on up to 11. The 11's are very expensive.
My question is: Since this is a reference card with one fan, will it be safe with thermal pads rated at 5.0W/mK or must I go higher? I wouldn't want someone to buy it only to have it overheat on them.
My old card is a reference EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW. It has 4 gigs of ram and only one fan. I disassembled the card and the thermal pads they use are gray. This is the first time I've seen gray pads. I started looking around and saw there are different strengths. I've seen pads with 5.0W/mK, on up to 11. The 11's are very expensive.
My question is: Since this is a reference card with one fan, will it be safe with thermal pads rated at 5.0W/mK or must I go higher? I wouldn't want someone to buy it only to have it overheat on them.
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